New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-08-03
CONDENSED NEWS.
"A TREMENDOUS BLAZE.

/ A TREMENDOUS BLAZE.
Three Big Buildings and a Million Bushels Of
Wheat Destroyed. Man Being Powerless to Pre-
i VENT
The grea test confagratio ever witnessed
i in Minneapolis with the exception OF the
i FIRE which accompanied the great mill ex-
4 plosion OF May 2, 1878, was that which
last Tuesday evening the / 9th inst, entire
j " destroyed the large elevator and two
larger storehouses OF the St. Anthony Ele-
vator company adjoining the Manitoba
i tracks in Southeast Minneapolis.
The three buildings, with their 975, 600
/ bushels OF special grade wheat, were swept
away inside OF three hours. There is hard
! " any salvage worth speaking about, and
the aggregate loss will probably exceed
| $1,000, 900. The origin OF the fire is unex-
planned. 1t was a long run over sandy
roads, and before any sof the iremen
reached the scene, or even got close
enough to appreciate their inability to ac-
complish any thing, the elevator building
was one mass OF flame. The storehouse
4 Immediately across the tracks and only
fifty feet distant, was literally covered
with flame, and the picture was a terri
bly, grand one. Hundreds OF vehicles and
| all directions, and the prairies and hill
sides were alive with curious humanity.
| The great flames Illuminated the entire
/ country.
The passenger trains on the Manitoba
Short Line had to be run through with a
rush, SO intense was the heat c. r. Shove,
secretary OF the Millers and Manufacture
er's Mutual Insurance company, says
that the wheat in store at the eleva-
tors was insured for between
100000 and 100000. This in
surance is in about two hundred COM
panies, or about all the companies repre-.
sented in the city. The principal loss is
upon Washburn, Crosby & Co., who had
| sol, 900 bushels stored there. Their loss
is S443, 25O, with an insurance OF $780,
900. The remaining 500, 900 bushels are
Duluth, 9. A. Pillsbury & Co. and A. D.
Milford & Co.
August Bolten, the well known shipbrok-
'er OF Hamburg, is dead.
| The Standard says that Clare, Kerry,
Galway and West Cork, should be pro.
claimed Immediately under the crimes act.
Other districts should be proclaimed if
necessary.
At Caraquet, N. B., an unmarried wom-
an named Ross, mother OF three chill dren,
all OF whom are now dead, has been ar.
rested, charged with infanticde. She fore
| ed spoon down the throat OF her child,
and when an attempt was made to extri-
cate it it broke, one part Gaining in the
child throat. The infant died after SUI
fering terrible agony. 1t is suspected that
! the woman made away with the other two
children.
Postmasters commissioned-Wisc
/ Knowles, j. Bernard. Fourth-class post
masters Observation-Disclosures Vandervort,
C.. Furness. Minneso ta Paddock, N. G..
Bradley; Welcome, H. Huntzman.
i The forger Oscar J. Harvey, chief OF the
claims division OF the treasury department.,
who less than two weeks ago was arrested,
has been indicted by the grand jury, ar
rainged, tried and sentenced to twelve
years in the Albany penitentiary. This
summary action is due in great part to the
[ fact that Harvey pleaded guilty.
1t is reported from Russian sources that
! the Bulgarian government has arrested M.
Radoslavof, minister of the interior in the
cabinet just superseded, on a charge Of
treason.
Rev. John Walton has been elected presi-
dent OF the Wesleyan conference. The
| Methodist free church conference is sitting
| at Louth- Nearly one hundred min listers
in attendance have been seized with chol-
era symptoms. The cause vi sickness was
traced to foul water. All are recovering.
Postmasters commissioned: Dakota
Helena, A. A. Sellwood; Rec Nights, j.
Jackson. Fourth class postmasters APP
pointed-Dakota: Grobe, Lena Bastian.
w. Brothers.
The following patents have been issued
Minnesota C. E. Spin, Minneapolis
shaft hanger; H. J. Friesolle, Minnea polls
heater; R. Humble and J. Mcleod, St
l Paul, connecting rod; F. Jenkinson, Min
neapolis, stone saw mill; G. R. H. Ripley,
Minneapolis, stock car; A. Fl. Rstvedt,
Milan, sod pulverizer; G. H. Scofiled, Hay
Creek, draft equalizer; j. Yates, Mime
apolis, machine for hulling rice. Wisconsin:
I. Boyer and A. B. Rohde, aMishicot, COW
mixer; F. Fisher, Fennimore, sled; J. A.
Hayton, Milwaukee, vehicle shaft; w.
Lurkins. Milwaukee, sectional steam boil
er; A. c. Paddock, Beaver Dam, harrow;
A. j. Pierce, Madison, steam engine valve;
A. Sanford, Oshkosh, ferrule for. cant
hooks and like. Dakota: G. H. Corey,
Corey, chemical fire extinguisher; J. l..
Nuding, Kloeppel, animal trap; NJ. T.
Scarab, Michigan City, copying press.
The porte has sent crc ular to the pow.
ers suggesting that Prince Ferdinand be
made governor OF Roumelia and regent OF
Bulgaria until the new sobranje chooses a
ruler.
Little Alfonso Kill, king OF Spain, aged
one year, receives a salary OF 1,5oo, 0oC
a year.
Acting Secretary Muldrow decides that
the swamp lands in the Duluth District
shall be patented to the state of Minneso
ia.
The secretary OF state has received
through the German minister OF Washing
ton from the emperor OF Germany check
for $4,000 and two handsome colo
watches embellished with the likeness ane
monogram OF the emperor, with a request
that the money be divided equally among
the families OF the five members OF the
life-saving crew at Damneck Mill Station
a Va, who lost their lives in attempting tc
rescue the German ship Elizabeth on Jan
8, and that the watches be presented te
! Frank Tedford and Joseph r. Fetheridge
the only survivors OF lie saving crew.
Russia has replied to the circular note
in relation to the Bulgarian question is
!. sued BY the porte. The reply states thai
while there is pers onally no objection